Acts 13:20

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All this took about 450 years. Afterward, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

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  • Judg 2:16 : 16 Then the LORD raised up judges who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
  • 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.
  • 2 Sam 7:11 : 11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.
  • 2 Kgs 23:22 : 22 For no Passover like it had been observed since the days of the judges who ruled Israel, or throughout all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  • 1 Chr 17:6 : 6 In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"
  • Acts 3:24 : 24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these days.
  • Judg 3:10 : 10 The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram, into his hand, giving him victory over Cushan-Rishathaim.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to live temporarily in the fields of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

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  • Acts 13:21
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    21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.

  • Acts 13:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18For about forty years He endured their behavior in the wilderness.

    19And after He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Samuel continued to judge Israel all the days of his life.

    16Each year, Samuel traveled in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    71%

    1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • Judg 15:20
    70%

    20Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

  • Judg 2:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

    19But when the judge died, they returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods, serving them, and bowing down to them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

  • Judg 13:1
    70%

    1The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

  • Judg 2:16
    69%

    16Then the LORD raised up judges who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-7
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    69%

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    5They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'

    6But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.

    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

  • Exod 12:40
    68%

    40Now the time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    67%

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
    67%

    11Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.

  • 1 Sam 8:9-11
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    67%

    9Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

    10Samuel relayed all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

  • Neh 9:30
    67%

    30For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    67%

    13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel's territory again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    67%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 13:1
    66%

    1Saul was [about] a year into his reign when he became king, and he ruled over Israel for two years.

  • Acts 7:6
    66%

    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Judg 10:3
    66%

    3After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.

  • Judg 4:4
    66%

    4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

  • Heb 11:32
    65%

    32And what more shall I say? Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

  • 1 Sam 9:15-16
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    65%

    15Now the LORD had revealed to Samuel the day before Saul came,

    16"About this time tomorrow, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. You shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people and their cry has reached me."

  • 1 Sam 13:13
    65%

    13Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    65%

    19The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

  • 1 Sam 8:22
    65%

    22The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • 1 Sam 12:6
    65%

    6Then Samuel said to the people, 'It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.'

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    65%

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    65%

    11from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.

  • Acts 3:24
    65%

    24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these days.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
    65%

    42Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
    65%

    20All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    64%

    19'But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and distresses. You have said to Him, "Set a king over us." Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.'

  • Acts 7:42
    64%

    42But God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me offerings and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?'

  • 1 Sam 12:13
    64%

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Hos 13:10
    64%

    10Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

  • Judg 16:31
    64%

    31Then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah, his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    64%

    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

  • Judg 20:2
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    2The leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their positions in the assembly of the people of God—four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    64%

    20In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'